Social Studies SIOP Lesson Plan

Teacher: Stuart Bayne

Site: Townsend Middle School
Date of Lesson: 11/22/2006
Grade: 7
Unit/Theme
The Great Depression/Eects o Great Depression on !inorities"
Standards
SS07S1#$%&01"
SS07S1#$%&'2"
SS07S1#$%&'("
SS07S(#$)&0("
Content Objective(s*
+hen inished with lesson, students will -e a-le to:
1" .dentiy econo!ic policies and actors that led to Great Depression"
2" Deter!ine the i!pact o natural and !an!ade crises o the Great Depression"
(" Descri-e how /ew Deal aected the 0!erican people"
)" Descri-e i!portance o citi1ens -ein2 acti3ely in3ol3ed in the de!ocratic process"
Language Objective(s*
1" E4press orally his or her own thin5in2 and ideas"
2" 0naly1e te4t/il! or e4pression, en6oy!ent, inor!ation and understandin2"
(" E4press in writin2 his or her own thin5in2 and ideas"
Key ocabu!ary
7oo3er3illes, Great Depression, .!!i2ration,
&u-lic +or5s, /ew Deal, 8enopho-ia, Blac5
Thursday, Stoc5 Mar5et, /ati3is!, Dust Bowl
"ateria!s
1" 9Mi :a!ilia9 D;D <1==>*, $hapter (, Days o
$han2e"
2" /ew Deal /etwor5 +e-site #
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(" 0!erican ?ourney te4t-oo5s
Techno!ogy #ntegration
T;/;$@, o3erhead pro6ector and we-site"
$re%aration
$lass discussion" +hat happens durin2 a crisis <war/depression*A 7ow do people treat each otherA
Good/-adA 7a3e we seen this -eoreA +here/whenA T;, newspaper, radioA .t happens e3erywhere,
e3en here" E4a!plesA +rite responses on o3erhead pro6ector"
Lesson Se&uence
0nticipatory Set#;iew &ower&oint presentation" 0lso, we-site pro3ides !ore 3isual i!a2es or class i
needed and ti!e allows" 0s5 class what they see in each o the ) slides <1#!en in soupline, 2#children
eatin2, (#old !an sellin2 apples, )#hispanic sBuatters*" Discuss input 2i3en -y students" &ossi-ilities
could -e, -ut are not li!ited to: The !en are hun2ry and not wor5in2, children are ilthy <as is their
shelter*, no-ody usually sees an old !an sellin2 ruit on the sidewal5" +hen 3iewin2 the inal slide
especially, !a5e sure to e!phasi1e that the Great Depression aected e3ery-ody, re2ardless o race"
@acial !inorities oten had worse conditions -ecause o discri!ination" +hat ew 6o-s there were went to
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white 0!ericans" 0t this point, e4plain to class that the ollowin2 il! clip e4plains in 2reater detail how
racial !inorities were aected, that the inal slide was 6ust a s!all e4a!ple o what -eca!e o thousands
o !inorities, in this case Me4ican#0!ericans"

;iew clip or! il! Mi :a!ilia, $hapter (, Days o $han2e"
1" $lass discussion ater 3iewin2:
#7ow would you eel i this happened to youA
#7ow did the Border &atrol deter!ine citi1enship a!on2 peoplesA
#Do you thin5 this sort o deportation could happen todayA E4plain"
#.n your opinion, was this eecti3e or creatin2 6o-s or 90!ericansA9
+rite responses on o3erhead pro6ector"
&rocedures#<0cti3ity*1" Discuss with class how people in the CS, all races, socio#econo!ic le3els,
occupations were inluenced" 2" @ead/discuss pa2es 71)/71% 0!erican ?ourney"
<0ssi2n*E4plain how class will create 6ournal entries ro! the perspecti3e o a person li3in2 durin2 the
Great Depression" They ha3e the ollowin2 choices o who to portray ro! this era" Son or dau2hter o a:
European#0!erican la-or union or2ani1er in /ew Dor5, Me4ican !i2rant ar! wor5er in $aliornia,
0rican#0!erican tenant ar!er, European#0!erican ar!er ro! the Midwest, Me4ican#0!erican store
owner in Te4as" Students create a !ini!u! o 10 diary entries in chronolo2ical order"
'%%!ication/$ractice
Drawin2 on 5nowled2e 2ained ro! il!, slides, p" 71)#71% ro! 0!erican ?ourney, and listed we-site
<dependin2 on access to co!puters*, write at least 10 entries in your 6ournal as thou2h you were a
teena2er li3in2 durin2 the Great Depression, and !a5e it -elie3a-le" Dour irst entry !ust -e dated
'cto-er (0, 1=2=" .t !ust include the ollowin2 ele!ents:
.dentiy hardships your a!ily has durin2 this ti!e, how you a!ily reacts to 7oo3erEs plan
descri-e conditions in your town or cityF i!!i2ration policies and their i!pact to your co!!unity
descri-e i!pact o the Great Depression on dierent ethnic or racial 2roups
e4plain why your a!ily supports or opposes :D@, how /ew Deal pro2ra!s hurt or helped your
co!!unity and a!ily, chan2es in the way your a!ily li3es
description o a 9ireside chat9 -y :D@
your reaction to the Great Depression"
(evie)/'ssessment
$o!pare/contrast what was in il! and letter to what we see today" +hat is the sa!e or dierentA +rite
responses on o3erhead pro6ector" Students read their letters to class"
(ef!ections
Students were en2a2ed acti3ely and willin2ly" Materials drawn ro! @0G0 Studies pac5et 2i3en at irst
!eetin2 were 3ery helpul" .t pro3ided inor!ation that . would not ha3e 5nown otherwise"
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